Comment & Opinion

Democrat-run cities have found a way to reduce crime: adopt policies pushed by Republicans. In April, Baltimore had four homicides. That’s its lowest ...

The Army and Navy found 14 weapons systems that had “critical cost growth” in 2023 and 2024, meaning it will cost at least 25% more than expected to m...

In Washington, drug manufacturers are advocating to use rebates to undermine a critical program that supports health care for underserved communities....

When Pennsylvania’s Act 13 was signed into law 14 years ago, the goal of the bipartisan policy was straightforward: encourage responsible natural gas ...

The Los Angeles Police Department spent $315.5 million on overtime last year, and the fire department spent $283.4 million, leading to inflated take-h...

NEW YORK (TNS) — If you take the long view, America’s economic outlook is pretty bleak. Like a lot of rich countries, it is overwhelmed by debt it has...

If you’re afraid to let your opponent talk, you probably aren’t winning the debate. But it’s also hard to win the war of ideas when your audience can’...

How do you find out what’s happening in your community? Let’s talk about it. You may see me with my clipboard at farmers’ markets and festivals, askin...

The Department of the Interior spent $2.6 billion to help state and local governments and nonprofits manage drought conditions in the Colorado River B...

Pennsylvania’s political map is changing, but not in a way anyone anticipated. Defying political convention, Pennsylvanians are leaving the state’s tw...

The Facebook algorithm finally did something useful this week. It handed me SubwayTakes podcast reels — and now I’m hooked. I did not expect to like i...

PHILADELPHIA (TNS) — Almost 250 years after the American Revolution, it took a visiting British monarch to remind Congress what the rebellion stood fo...

In recognition of National Nurses Week (May 6-12), students in my health assistance class at the Seneca Highlands Career and Technical Center are prep...

Butler, Pennsylvania, was a wake-up call. The White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting Saturday night was what happens when leaders hit the snooze ...

Most Americans think of the Bill of Rights as a bespoke 1789 creation for a nation that was, in the signature “Hamilton” lyric of Lin-Manuel Miranda, ...

WASHINGTON (TNS) — The gunman who forced the postponement of Donald Trump’s first presidential appearance at Washington’s biggest annual press dinner ...

I first learned to read and write by tracing the carbons on my mom’s food order pads. She was a car hop at a local burger joint. This was before I eve...

SMETHPORT — Recognized by both the Pennsylvania State House and Senate, April 26-May 2nd, 2026 is Conservation District Week. We all know the importan...

NEW YORK (TNS) — Assisted suicide. Or, if you like, you can use the more genteel term adopted by New York state: Medical aid in dying. Take your pick....

An April 20 PennLive/Bravo Group Morning Scrapple poll contained several headline-worthy numbers. President Trump’s Pennsylvania approval slipped to 3...